Chewing and churning are types of mechanical digestion. The other type of digestion is chemical digestion, which involves the breaking down of foods via enzymes.
Chewing and mouth movements are part of mechanical digestion.
Chewing on the food
That process is called the Digestion Process.
Mechanical digestion is the physical breakdown of food into smaller pieces through chewing and mixing by the muscular contractions in the digestive tract. It primarily occurs in the mouth through chewing and in the stomach through churning actions.
My heart was churning like a tempest in a teacup. Who is churning your butter?
Mechanical digestion takes place in the mouth (chewing) and the stomach swishing stuff around (peristalsis) and more churning the small intestine (segmentation)
mechanical digestion - chewing, mixing, churning chemical digestion - breakdown of fat, carbohydrate and proteins by specific enzymes (lipases, amylases, and proteinases respectively)
Mechanical digestion takes place in the mouth (chewing) and the stomach swishing stuff around (peristalsis) and more churning the small intestine (segmentation)
chewing tobacco and smoking
Smooth Muscle in the wall of the alimentary canal can contract to produce two types of movements 1. Churning: Churning Mixes substances in the canal 2. Peristalsis: Propels substances through the body.
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My stomach was churning after eating that spicy Mexican food.